European Codeweek

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We want to connect individuals, groups and organizations
who are able to help more people experience the joy of
coding with people willing to learn.
Do you want to join?
11-17 October 2014
www.codeweek.eu

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Why coding?
UK „Year of Code“

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Why coding?
Ireland National Digital Strategy

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300 Events in 2013

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30 European Countries

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Irish Examples #codeEU

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Austrian Examples #codeEU

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Why Coding?
Austria
● implementing digikomp.at digital skills set in
schools
● teacher trainings, new methods, new
technologies (e-bazar, education day)
● make coding popular as a general skill not only
for professional programmers
● new digital businesses /entrepreneurs, having
the right talents in austria (digital / web
startups)
● as the ICT graduates are declining (research
IBW)

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Plan for 2014 -
3000 Events in Europe
● Kids ● Adults ● Professionals
● Companies /
Institutions
● Schools● Private
initiatives

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Partners in Austria
Private
initiatives
Schools Companies /
Institutions
● Companies
with interest
● OCG
● Internetfürall
e / Kinderuni
● ELSA, e-
learning
schools?
● PH / Uni
Teacher
Training?
● Coworking
Spaces
● Coderdojos
● Meetups
● more?

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Austrian Coordinators
LUCIE JAGU, Young Advisor to Neelie Kroes MERAL AKIN-HECKE, Digital Champion
Austria

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Organising Coderdojos
= coding club for young people

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Learning / Teaching Scratch

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Computer Science unplugged

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Codecademy
Learn Coding Online

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Teaching „Hour of Code“
in the classroom

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How to contact us:
Austrian Codeweek Coordinators
Meral Akin-Hecke info@digitalks.at
Lucie Jagu luciejagu@hotmail.com
Europe Codeweek
Europecodes@gmail.com
http://codeweek.eu/
https://twitter.com/CodeWeekEU
List of Events per Country
http://codeweek.eu/learn/